Religious schools rise in Bangladesh

Estimated 15,000 madrasas teaching four million students amid heated debate over spread of political Islam.

10 Jan 2014 19:45 GMT

With a controversial war crimes trial and the rise of an Islamic group called Hefazat-e-Islam, the past year has seen political Islam become a heated topic in Bangladesh. Al Jazeera's Maher Sattar takes a look at the madrasas, or Islamic schools, that form the backbone of the Hefazat movement.